Steven Menashi

Steven Menashi (15 January 1979-) was Judge of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Biography
Steven Menashi was born in White Plains, New York on 15 January 1979 to Iraqi and Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents. He worked as an editorial writer and law partner, having been trained by the conservative Federalist Society. On 14 August 2019, President Donald Trump decided to appoint Menashi as a circuit judge, and, on 14 November 2019, he was confirmed, despite controversies surrounding his writings on ethnonationalism in Israel and his refusal to share his role in shaping Trump's immigration policies.